Nice Knobs, I mean Buttons !
 

I had been experiencing stinky buttons (radio buttons that is !) for quite awhile. Rather than pay Becker Radio the $30 plus dollars for a set of two cent knobs, I decided to follow Pedro's DIY repair . Wow, the buttons came out so well that a female passerby couldn't help but say to me "nice knobs" ! Naturally, I corrected her by saying that they were buttons not knobs.

Gracias Pedro !!



http://www.pedrosgarage.com/Site_3/Fix_Sticky_Radio_Buttons.html

De nada, my friend...
 

Happy to help.
That stuff (Plasti-Dip) is great.
I've used it for all sorts of other coatings on the car.
It also comes in an aerosol that can be used to spray on a rubber bra on the car's front.
This "bra" will peel off later without leaving any residue or damaging the clearcoat.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Another satisfied customer of Pedro's fix. Knobs came out great, also used it to coat the cross lug wrench and security lug socket to prevent scratches to the wheels.

It's too bad that my grandmother did know about this Plasti-Dip stuff. Instead of putting a plastic cover over her sofa, she could have just dipped the whole thing !

When I grew up, it would have been the sofa, the rugs, lamp shades, etc. Sounds like we came from the same 'hood.

Ciao,

paul...

why are you smelling them?


shouldn't they be buttobs? or knuttons...

It's an "eye-talian" thing isn't it !

Johnny,

Thx for the picture -- it brings back a lot of memories and it's also a great picture of your folks (or grandparents?).

Regards,
paul...

Neither . But if they were, they'd be my great grandparents !

The photo must have been taken at some special occassion because no one was allowed into the "parlor" except at those times. Ed

Ed,
That's right -- the only one who would go into the "parlor" in my folk's house was my mother -- and only to dust everything! I passed through a few times (walking on a plastic rug runner, of course) but never allowed to sit on that uncomfortable, gaudy looking furniture that really belongs in a museum and not a living room!!

Regards,
paul...

I never use the radio in the Box, so I guess I don't know about sticky knobs :D .

My "seek" knob is also sticky on the boxster radio. I'm glad I found this thread.

As for causes, my guess is heat. Melting.

Also, my seek knob tracks up and down even when I only turn it clockwise.

For example, I could be on 99.1
I turn it clockwise to go up and it goes to 99.9
I turn it clockwise again to go higher, but it goes back down to 99.1
Samething happened when I changes stations in a counter clockwise motion, but it is not as bad.

It takes me a while to get to the radio station I want. Any ideas?

My radio does something similar; even when changing CD tracks . My guess is that the CDR-220 is just a sensitive unit .